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Lettere .Patent No. 735251, dated January 14, 1868; 'antedated January `1, 1868.

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'4 Be it known that I, H. W. KNOWLTON, of Saratoga Springs, in 'thecounty of'. Saratoga, and Stato oiNow Yorlr',`l isve .invented a, new and improved Corn-Husking Machine; and I do hereby declare thntthefollowing thehnsks from the ears.

is a full,cl'ear, and exact description thereof,-which will enable those skilled. in' the art`to make :incluso the refer-ence being had to the aocoropanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which-e 'Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in tho line a: c, iig. 8.

Figure 2, an end view of the samer f l Y Figure 8,' a plan or top view of the same,-partly in section, as indicated by the line y y, g. '.l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parte.

A This invention relates to e new and improved machine for stripping indian corn from the lstalksnand taking i The invention consists of a pair of stripping-rollers, one of which is armed with stripping-blades, in'l connection with a seriesof basking-aprons, arranged to work' over rollers, as'hereinaiter fully shown aud'described,

whereby the ears of cor-n may be broken or detached from' the stalks, and the husks removed 'from the detached ears with the greatest facility.

A. represents s framing constructed inany proper `manner to support the working parte, and -B is a box,

which encloses a portion of the working parts. In the front part of the framing-A there are two horizontal rollers, C D, placed one over the other -in the same axial plane. The upper roller,l C, has its axis in yielding bearingsa, but the lowsr'roller, D, has'its axis in xed bearings, and is armed with longitudinal blailcav', extendingits whole length.- Four of these blades are shown attached to roller D, in lig. 1, but' more orloss may b'eused;` four wil probably bethe preferable numbcr. Thepower is applied to the axi'soi the lower roller, D, andone end of said axis has abevel-pinion, c, upon it, which gears into n bevel-wheel, E, on :t slniit, I?, at one side of the framing A, said shaft F having a toothed wheel, G, on its front ond, to gear into opinion, 3H, on thefront en'd of the axis of a roller,zI,`"placed longitudinally in thc framing A, and having/an l inclined position, its front end being more elevated than'its rear end- AThere nrc four or more of these rollers, l, placed eide by'side, and having India-rubber aprons, K, passing over them, said aprons. passing around corresponding rollers, L,'in the lower part of the framing. l.he rollersL have their hxes fitted in fixed bearings; but the 'upper rollers,--Ihave their axes or journals in an oblong or longitudinal groove, d, in n iront cross-bar, e, of

the framing, nndtheiront journalof one of the side rollers, I, has a plate, f, upon it, through which escrow, g,

passes,I and by 'tniningwhioh the aprons ma in detnching Vthe husks from the eers.

The. stalks of'corn, with the cars upon them, arev placed on the top oi the box B, and power applied to" the lower roller, D, the rollers C D-moving in the direction indicated by the arrows. The stalks are passed between th'e VrollersC), -the blades b breaking the`enrs from the stalks, the stalks passing between the rollers, while the ears drop de wn upon the aprons K, over the rollers I, the aprons drawing the hns'ks from the ears, which are discharged from theinclined plane M at the roar of the rollers I, while the hnsks are discharged down between y be pressed snugly in contact, so that the;T will operate cllioiently the aprons K.' The aprons e'ectuully prevent the machine becoming choked or clogged up by the husks, n. f contingency-of frequent occurrence where the ordinary rollers are used for the purpose, the husks being liable to wind around the rollers, which 'is eilectually prevented by the aprons.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, 'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is The combnationof the rollers C D with the elastic aprons K, on the rollers I L, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.V

, l-I. W. KNOWLTON.

Witnesses:

S. V. Rosms, D. McMAsrnn, 

